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Gabriele Oettingen

Gabriele Oettingen

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Psychology

D-Index
72
Citations
17838
World Ranking
2079
National Ranking
1205

Overview

Gabriele Oettingen is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology. Their research primarily spans psychology with a strong focus on applied psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

The main topics addressed in Oettingen's work include behavioral health and interventions, social and intergroup psychology, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, neural and behavioral psychology studies, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, misinformation and its impacts, as well as death anxiety and social exclusion.

Oettingen has published in several notable venues, demonstrating a consistent presence in the academic community. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Motivation Science
  • Psychophysiology
  • Personality and Individual Differences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Oettingen include:

  • "The Future of Women in Psychological Science," 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Discordant knowing: A social cognitive structure underlying fanaticism," 2022, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Gender differences in preventing the spread of coronavirus," 2020, Behavioral Science & Policy
  • "Using Theories of Behavior Change to Develop Interventions for Healthy Aging," 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Task choice immunizes against incidental affective influences in volition," 2021, Motivation Science

Oettingen collaborates frequently with several scholars in their field, which indicates a network of academic partnerships. Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Peter M. Gollwitzer
  • Guido H. E. Gendolla
  • Johanna R. Falk
  • Irmak Olcaysoy Ökten
  • Anton Gollwitzer

Best Publications

  • Self-regulation of goal-setting: Turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals.

    Gabriele Oettingen;Hyeon-ju Pak;Karoline Schnetter

  • The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies.

    Gabriele Oettingen;Doris Mayer

  • Future thought and behaviour change

    Gabriele Oettingen

  • Self-regulation strategies improve self-discipline in adolescents: Benefits of mental contrasting and implementation intentions

    Angela Lee Duckworth;Heidi Grant;Benjamin Loew;Gabriele Oettingen

  • Cross-cultural perspectives on self-efficacy

    Gabriele Oettingen

  • Applying theory-driven approaches to understanding and modifying clinicians' behavior: what do we know?

    M.B.A. Matthew B. Perkins;Peter S. Jensen;James Jaccard;Peter Gollwitzer

  • Effective self-regulation of goal attainment

    Gabriele Oettingen;Gaby Hönig;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Peter M. Gollwitzer

  • Expectancy Effects on Behavior Depend on Self-Regulatory Thought

    Gabrielle Oettingen

  • Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation

    Gabriele Oettingen

  • Positive fantasy and motivation

    Gabriele Oettingen

  • Planning and the Implementation of Goals

    Peter M. Gollwitzer;Kentaro Fujita;Gabriele Oettingen

  • Intervention effects of information and self-regulation on eating fruits and vegetables over two years.

    Gertraud Stadler;Gabriele Oettingen;Peter M. Gollwitzer

  • When planning is not enough: Fighting unhealthy snacking habits by mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII)

    Marieke A. Adriaanse;Gabriele Oettingen;Gabriele Oettingen;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Erin P. Hennes

  • Mental Contrasting and Goal Commitment: The Mediating Role of Energization

    Gabriele Oettingen;Doris Mayer;A. Timur Sevincer;Elizabeth J. Stephens

  • Posttraumatic Resilience in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers

    Fionna Klasen;Gabriele Oettingen;Judith K. Daniels;Manuela Post

  • The projection of implicit and explicit goals.

    Christie L. K. Kawada;Gabriele Oettingen;Peter M. Gollwitzer;John A. Bargh

  • Physical activity in women : effects of a self-regulation intervention

    Gertraud Stadler;Gabriele Oettingen;Gabriele Oettingen;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Peter M. Gollwitzer

  • Pessimistic Explanatory Style in the Historical Record: CAVing LBJ, Presidential Candidates, and East Versus West Berlin

    Harold M. Zullow;Gabriele Oettingen;Christopher Peterson;Martin E.P. Seligman

  • Action control by implementation intentions : effective cue detection and efficient response initiation

    Elizabeth J. Parks-Stamm;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Gabriele Oettingen

  • From Fantasy to Action Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII) Improves Academic Performance in Children

    Angela Lee Duckworth;Teri A. Kirby;Anton Gollwitzer;Gabriele Oettingen

  • Mindsets and pre-conscious open-mindedness to incidental information

    Kentaro Fujita;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Gabriele Oettingen;Gabriele Oettingen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Gollwitzer
Peter M. Gollwitzer New York University
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Angela L. Duckworth
Angela L. Duckworth University of Pennsylvania
Marieke A. Adriaanse
Marieke A. Adriaanse Utrecht University
John de Wit
John de Wit Utrecht University
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett Northeastern University

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